Parentline NSW
A telephone counselling, information and referral service for parents, grandparents and carers of children ages 0 to 18 who live in New South Wales.
1300 1300 52
Weekdays 9am-9pm
Weekends 4pm-9pm
Lifeline
For all ages - 24-hour crisis support telephone service. Lifeline provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention services.
CALL: 13 11 14
24/7
TEXT: 0477 131114
6:00PM - Midnight
Crisis Support Chat 7:00PM – Midnight
https://www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/online-services/crisis-chat
Suicide Call Back Service
A nationwide service that provides 24/7 telephone and online counselling to people who are affected by suicide, experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide.
1300 659 467
24/7
Online Chat 24/7
Video Chat 24/7
Beyond Blue
Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.
1300 22 4636
24/7
Chat Online
3:00PM - Midnight
SANE Australia
SANE Australia supports people living with complex mental health issues and the people that care about them.
1800 187 263
10:00AM – 10:00PM
Webchat
10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Headspace
eheadspace provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends.
Group Chat 24/7
1 on 1 Chat
9AM - 1AM https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/
QLife
QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships
1800 184 527
3PM - Midnight
Webchat
3PM – Midnight
1800Respect
Confidential information, counselling and support service, open 24 hours to support people impacted by sexual assault, domestic or family violence and abuse
1800 737 732
24/7
Interpreter: 13 14 50
Online Chat 24/7
Carers NSW
Carer Line offer emotional support, referrals and distribute carer specific resources and information to carers and community members
1800 242 636
9AM – 5PM
Monday - Friday
Mental Health Line
A mental health professional will answer your call about mental health concerns for you or someone you are concerned about, including children, teens, adults and older people
1800 011 511
24/7
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/Mental-Health-Line.aspx
Child Protection Helpline
Calm Harm
Calm Harm provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self-harm. You can add your own tasks too and it's completely private and password protected.
Free
Calm Fear
The fear of threat, or anxiety, is like a strong gust of wind. It drags you in and makes you want to fight it or run away.
Instead, face your fear with the free Clear Fear app and learn to reduce the physical responses to threat as well as changing thoughts and behaviours and releasing emotions.
Free
ReachOut Worry Time
ReachOut WorryTime interrupts repetitive thinking by setting aside your worries until later, so you don't get caught up in them and can get on with your day. This means you can deal with worries once a day, rather than carrying them around with you 24/7
Free
ReachOut Breathe
ReachOut Breathe helps you reduce the physical symptoms of stress and anxiety by slowing down your breathing and your heart rate with your iPhone
Free
Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind is a meditation app for young people. It has been developed by a team of psychologists and uses mindfulness to boost calmness, contentment and clarity. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to help manage stress, resilience, anxiety, depression and improve general health and wellbeing.
Free
WellMind
WellMind is designed to help you with stress, anxiety and depression. The app includes advice, tips and tools to improve your mental health and boost your wellbeing.
Free
ReachOut
Our mission is to deliver innovative e-mental health services that enable young people to take control of their mental health and wellbeing.
Black Dog Institute
Primary areas of mental health research and treatment include: depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, workplace mental health, adolescents and young people, suicide prevention, e-mental health, and positive psychology and wellbeing.
The BRAVE Program
BRAVE-ONLINE is an evidence-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) available online to help children (8-12) and teenagers (13-17) cope with anxiety
Smiling Mind
Online and app-based program to improve wellbeing of young people through mindfulness meditation.